Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideaki Ide

Shunichi Bandoh

Hiroshi Yasuhara

A pitch link for a rotary wing aircraft includes first and second shaft members threadingly engaged with each other. A first rod end is fixedly secured to the first shaft member and a second rod end is rotatably coupled to the second shaft member. First and second spherical bearings are mounted on the first and second rod ends, respectively. A guide member guides the first shaft member for movement in an axial direction of the first shaft with respect to the second shaft while preventing rotation of the first shaft.

Pitch link for rotary wing aircraft and automatic adjuster thereof

A pitch link having an adjustable length is constructed as a diamond-shaped frame by coupling and fixing four flexible beams at end portions thereof. Spherical bearings are provided on opposite ends of the structure. A turnbuckle shaft is screwed into vertices of the structure and turned to the length of the pitch link. The turnbuckle shaft can be rotated by a detachable motor.

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Gifu, Japan

Hideaki Ide